Street Legal
CBC (ended 1994)
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Ron Lea
Brian Malony (Season 8)
Ron Lea was born in Montral and went to Concordia University, before moving on to take acting training at the National Theatre School. He studied theatre in Montral, Quebec before beginning a career in television, radio and film as well as theatre. On stage he was at Centaur Theatre playing lead roles in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and the premiere of Vittorio Rossi 's Scarpone as well as at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Death and The Maiden. He was nominated for a Gemini Award as Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the series Street Legal, in which he played crown counsel Brian Malony. Mr. Lea is comfortable working in French as well, and has appeared in several French-language films and television shows. He now lives in Van Nuys, California.moreless -
Albert Schultz
Rob Diamond (Seasons 7-8)
Born in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada in 1963. Drawn to acting by his mother's community theatre work. Attended Toronto's York University theatre program and then London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He performed with the Stratford Festival young company before proceeding into a rich and varied career in television and film. At Stratford Festival he performed in As You Like It, Edgar in King Lear, Feste in Twelfth Night, Creon in Oedipus and Mr. Puff in The Critic). He has appeared in The Music Man ( Citadel , 1995), Private Lives ( Canadian Stage / Grand Theatre, London , 1996), Don Carlos and The Misanthrope (Soulpepper, 1998) and in Soulpepper's 1999 productions of Platanov and Our Town and its 2001 production of Uncle Vanya. Schultz is an Ontario-based actor and co-founder and present artistic director of Soulpepper Theatre Company. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Susan Coyne (also a co-founder of Soulpepper) and their two children.moreless -
Maria del Mar
Laura Crosby (Seasons 7-8)
Maria was born in 1964 in Madrid, Spain, of Venezuelan parents, and grew up in Ottawa. She focussed on east European studies while attending The University of Carleton in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She has one son named Gabriel with husband Guy Mullally, and splits her time between Los Angeles and Toronto.moreless -
Eric Peterson
Leon Robinovitch
Eric Peterson was born in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, and studied acting before moving on to stage plays. From there, he made the change to television acting, starring in various shows and tv-movies; he and his wife reside in Toronto, as of 2007.moreless -
Julie Khaner
Alana Newman (Seasons 4-8)
Born in Montral, Qubec, Canada, Khaner knew that she wanted to become an actress at an early age and was able to pursue her interest when she turned 16 and was accepted at Dawson College. At the College's Dome Theater she studied all aspects of the performance arts, including props and costumes as well as acting. Her first acting job was a featured role in the 1981 television movie Escape From Iran, which told the story of the Canadian Embassy's rescue of American diplomats. Since then, Khaner has enjoyed success in series television, theater and film. She is best known in Canada for her six years as a judge in the CBC drama Street Legal, for which she was nominated for a Gemini award. The actress' theatrical credits include performances in the plays King Lear, Measure for Measure and Sexual Perversity at the renowned Stratford Festival. She also toured with the Festival with the play Twelfth Night.moreless -
Anthony Sherwood
Dillon Beck (Seasons 3-8)
Ontario -based actor who has had a formidable career in cinema, television and on stage. He was born in Halifax as one of nine children. He began his stage career in Montreal with several productions at Centaur Theatre (The River Niger, Prodigals in a Promised Land) and for Black Theatre Workshop (Calabash of Blood, Dance Bongo, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men). Mr. Sherwood is also an accomplished singer and while singing in night-clubs over ten years, he has also performed in the musicals such as Cabaret and Ain't Misbehavin'. In 2000, he was collaborating with Black Theatre Workshop to present his own work, Rockin' at the Paradise.moreless -
Cynthia Dale
Olivia Novak (Seasons 3-8)
Cynthia Ciurluini was born in 1960 in Etobicoke, Ontario. She has 2 sisters (Jennifer and Loretta) and a brother (Vincent), all of them in showbiz. In 1965, sisters Jennifer Dale, then 9, and Cynthia Dale, then 5, went to their first audition - together - got the job and have been in show business ever since. Jennifer played Baby June in Gypsy at the Royal Alexandra Theatre; Cynthia was in the chorus. Cynthia was a Tommy Hunter Show regular and appeared on Wayne & Shusters. In the 70's Cynthia and Jennifer worked modeling knit ponchos and were teased in school. Cynthia had appeared in over 75 TV commercials by the time she was 12. In 1972 she appeared in CBC's Emily Carr musical biography, she played the artist as a child while her sister, Jennifer, played Emily's sister. Cynthia made her movie debut in the Canadian slasher flick, My Bloody Valentine (1981), and danced her way aerobically through Heavenly Bodies (1984) as a jazzercise instructor who works out for nine hours to save her gym. In 1983 Cynthia made her first appearance in Stratford Festival. She worked on The Mikado and The Gondoliers, but had an unfortunate and quite embarrassing incident where she fell into an orchestra pit. After years of dancing, stage productions, the occasional TV guest spots and movie parts, Dale was brought down to New York in 1987 to appear in an off-Broadway play. A role in the musical Pal Joey won Cynthia a Dora Mavor Moore Award as a best actress. In 1988, six month after moving to New York, Cynthia was cast in Street Legal as Olivia Novak, one of the most ruthless characters on Canadian TV. It was her portrayal of the resident vixen in a fictitious Toronto law firm that catapulted Dale to television stardom from 1988-94. Following Street Legal, Cynthia starred in another TV series Taking the Falls. She played a tomboyish private detective Terry Lane. But due to a poor response the show was cancelled after the first season. Dale had only agreed to the part because producers promised to salvage her image, which had become linked to the manipulative character of Olivia Novak on Street Legal, who was more often than not the villain. At Stratford Festival's 1997 season Cynthia is acclaimed for her role as Guinevere in Camelot and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew. In 1998 season she took on roles of Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker and Aldonza in Man of La Mancha. The same year CBC aired Dale's special Cynthia!, where she demonstrated her infinite talent for singing and dancing. But most importantly that year she married Peter Mansbridge in a quiet little ceremony in a Maritime inn, and later had a son, Will, with him. After taking a break(having a son Will) Cynthia returned to theatre in 2001 with a stunning performance as Maria in Stratford's The Sound of Music. Her performance alongside Street Legal co-star, C. David Johnson, was referred to as a "good-looking, well-acted, incredible-sounding treat". In 2002 she appeared in play Syncopation with Geordie Johnson. At 50th anniversary of Stratford Festival, Dale took on a role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Cynthia has also found time to show off her talent in the first CD "Cynthia DaleTo Dream".moreless -
C. David Johnson
Chuck Tchobanian
Born in Montreal, transplanted to the Maritimes, and now based in Toronto. He studied biology at the University of New Brunswick until he took a drama course; and after summer stock in Theatre New Brunswick biology was in the past. David's career began with Theatre New Brunswick, where he has continued to perform for over twenty five years. His most famous and most memorable TV performance was the morally dubious Chuck Tchobanian on the long running CBC series "Street Legal". He has also performed with the Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto, the Stratford Festival Company, and the National Arts Centre Company, and in regional theatres across Canada. Film and television credits include Soul Food (Showtime), The Safety of Objects(Killer Films), Mysterious Island (Global), Thanks of a Grateful Nation, Aldrich Ames (Showtime), and Hidden Dimensions(IMAX). He is a graduate of the Vancouver Playhouse Acting School, and an alumnus of UNB Fredericton (The Red N' Black Revue and the UNB Drama Society). Mr. Johnson has a daughter, Alexandra, and a son, Sam, with his former wife, actress Diane D'Aquila.moreless -
Sonja Smits
Carrie Barr (Seasons 1-6)
She began working summer stock in Quebec City. She is perhaps best known for her starring role in the CBC series, Street Legal. Among her many other credits are leads in Summer and Smoke ( Theatre Calgary , directed by Martin Kinch ), Uncle Vanya (Theatre Calgary, Kinch), Later ( Toronto Free Theatre , Susan Wright ) and I'll Be Back Before Midnight ( Tarragon Theatre , Lewis Baumander). More recently, January, 2000, she appeared in the premiere of Judith Thompson 's Perfect Pie at Tarragon and in December, 2000, in Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues at The Music Hall, in Toronto. Ms Smits' performances are marked by a magnificent and electric stage presence and a vivacious spirit that underpins much of what she does.moreless -
David James Elliott
Nick Del Gado (Seasons 3-5)
Born on 21 September 1960 in Canada, David spends a considerable time of his youth on the Bahamas where his father's relatives still live, while the latter has emigrated to Canada. Rock music gets the best of David, him being lead singer of a band in high-school times. In the year of his (planned) graduation he drops out of high-school to pursue his dream of becoming a rock star. When he realizes that this path is not likely to prove successful, David returns to school and finally graduates. In that time, one of his teachers points out his talents as an actor when David read the part of King Lear in a theatre history class. Attending Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto (specifically chosen to support his acting talent based on his brother's advice), he takes part in an audition for the "Young Company" of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, earning him a job at that acting group for two years. It is also in Stratford where he wins the Jean Chalmers Award for most promising actor. Getting into Ryerson Polytechnic required taking part in an audtition which he was completely screwing up. Falling back on some singing and improvisation finally proved successful. "It was a miracle", Elliott later stated in an interview. Some little promising endeavours followed his graduation from Ryerson, such as the role of a male stripper in a b-movie. Elliott's first major part was in CBC's "Street Legal" as an attractive love interest for the lead female lawyers. A little like JAG -- with roles switched. Nevertheless, "Street Legal" was soon featuring him as a co-star and almost giving him the main part in a spin-off from that CBS series. However, David decided to go to Hollywood. "Street Legal" already credited him as "David Elliott" so he would naturally register with the Actor's Guild by that name, only to find that the screen name was already taken, so he added the middle "James". The first years in Hollywood (1990-1992) turned out as a difficult struggle for him when a promising part in a Disney production vanished because he was too young. It was also in 1992 that he married actress Nanci Chambers with whom he now has a daughter, Stephanie (born 1993), and a son, Wyatt (born 2003). "The Untouchables" was one step on his way to stardom, along with notable guest appearances in "Melrose Place" and "Seinfeld" (among others). Finally, when JAG auditions selected David as the star, hard times were at an end -- Elliott and Chambers celebrated a proper wedding on 26 June 1999. His directorial debut took place in spring 2001 when he directed JAG episode 6-22 "Lifeline", a remarkable example of the series.moreless -
Donnelly Rhodes
R.J. Williams
Donnelly Rhodes was born December 4, 1937, in Winnipeg. Early in life he wanted to be a warden for the National Park Service, but he joined the Canadian Air Force as a mechanic. When he left the air force he studied at the Manitoba Theatre Center and was a member of the first graduating class of the National Theatre School in Canada. He began his career as a stage actor, starring in a production of "A Streetcar Named Desire", before making film debut in 1956's "Reprisal!", then credited as "Don Rhodes". He had guest spots at this time on such TV shows as "Maverick", "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour", "Wagon Train", "Laredo", "Convoy", "Kildare", and several others before his next film role in "Gunfight in Abilene". He continued his stage and television career while also appearing in such films as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "Change of Mind", and "The Neptune Factor", among others. He appeared as a star in two seasons of the soap opera "The Young and the Restless", and then settled comfortably into a diet made almost exclusively of television, whether it be guest appearances in shows or TV movies. Even in the nineties his career has continued, having been in such shows as "The Black Stallion", "The Heights", "Sliders", "Two", "The X-Files" (in two different roles on two seperate occasions), "The Outer Limits", "Millenium" (also having two seperate roles), "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven", and his own show, "Da Vinci's Inquest". He currently divides his time equally between Vancouver and Los Angeles.moreless -
Asia Vieira
Kim Davis
Asia Molly Vieira is from the Disney Channel and Family Channel original series, "Flash Foward", with Jewel Staite. As a child, Asia played "Delia York" in the movie, "Omen IV: The Awakening" which helped her gain popularity and move into more television and film. Asia has also appeared in many other popular series and a few movies such as Lifetime's "Dangerous Child" with Ryan Merriman, and Court TV's "Guilt by Association".moreless -
Asia Vieira
Kim Davis Barr
Asia Molly Vieira is from the Disney Channel and Family Channel original series, "Flash Foward", with Jewel Staite. As a child, Asia played "Delia York" in the movie, "Omen IV: The Awakening" which helped her gain popularity and move into more television and film. Asia has also appeared in many other popular series and a few movies such as Lifetime's "Dangerous Child" with Ryan Merriman, and Court TV's "Guilt by Association".moreless -
Pamela Sinha
Wanda
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Mark Saunders
Steve Winton
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Kathleen Laskey
Sydney Loveland
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Tanja Jacobs
Jill
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Alison Sealy-Smith
Mercedes
Alison Sealy-Smith's extensive career in film, television and the theatre has spanned two decades. During the past 20 years, Alison has gathered many television and radio credits to her name including three seasons on CBC's Street Legal and guest appearances on Due South, Traders, Dear America, Blue Murder and Love Songs. She is the voice of Storm; a character on the animated series, The X-Men. In 2002, Alison launched the Obsidian Theatre's first main stage production The Adventures Of A Black Girl In Search Of God. She has directed touring shows for Company of Sirens, Nightwood Theatre, Carousel Players and the main stage show at the Young People's Theatre. Productions that she has directed incude Having Our Say and August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. Alison's career has been punctuated with various awards and grants. She won a prestigious Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance in Djanet Sears' play, Harlem Duet, and is a recipient of the 2002 Salute to the City Award. She has served with Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, Theatre Ontario and has received two senior professional grants from the Canada Council to pursue her studies in directing and dramaturgy. Alison is well regarded for contributing to the development of the Canadian arts.moreless -
Nicholas Campbell
Tom Morgan
Nicholas Campbell was born in Toronto and raised in Montreal. He went to Kingston's Queens University where he originally studied pre-Law but later switched to English and Drama. He continued his studies in England; he spent five years at the London Drama Studio and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA). Campbell spent 40 weeks touring the country with the York Theatre Royal Repertory Company. He landed his debut film role in The Omen (1976). After he returned from England he divided his time between Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York. In the mid-`90s he moved back to Canada. Off the screen Campbell is known as "hard living, disarmingly frank and bitingly funny, with a taste for gambling and enduring passion for horse racing, music and his kids". He has three sons, Coal, 20, Jassa, 14, and Clayne, nine. Campbell is a brilliant actor and director. He is known for taking chances where many veteran filmmakers would balk. He is currently starring in Da Vinci's Inquest and working on his third documentary.moreless -
Rachel Luttrell
Veronica Beck
Rachel Luttrell was born in Lushoto, Tanzania, in east Africa, but later immigrated to Canada at age five along with her three sisters. She is known for being a part of a very exceptional musical family, and is an accomplished actor, singer and dancer. She studied ballet at the prestigious Russian Academy Ballet School and studied piano at The Royal Conservatory of Canada. Her father, himself a member of the internationally acclaimed Mendelssohn Choir, trained Rachel's soprano voice. Among her television credits are E.R., Charmed, Touched By An Angel, and the lead role of Lisette in the Anne Rice mini-series Feast Of All Saints. She was also a series regular on the Canadian television drama Street Legal. Other guest starring roles include Sleepwalkers, In The House, Dogs and The Damon Wayans Show. Film credits include The Impostor, and the independent films The Aviary, House and the Genie nominated Joe's So Mean To Josephine. Rachel is currently featured on the Sci Fi Channel series Stargate Atlantis in the role of Teyla Emmagan.moreless -
Diane Polley
Gloria Beecham
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Jean Deschenes
Jean Marc
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Tom Harvey
Judge Ambridge
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Gary Reineke
Jack Driscoll
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Andrew Sardella
Ben Larkin
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Megan and Mallory Kohn
Emily Novak-Tchobanian
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Jeremy Ratchford
Mark Leeson
In addition to his many television roles, Jeremy has also appeared in such films as Angel Eyes, Peacekeepers, Blacktop, Century Hotel, Fly Away Home and The Prodigious Hickey. Initially from Canada, Jeremy now makes his home in Los Angeles. -
Eric McCormack
Barry Taylor
Born and raised in Toronto, McCormack began acting in high school and continued during his college years at the Ryerson Theatre School. He spent the next seven years working in Canadian theater, including five seasons with the Stratford Festival, where he appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Henry V," "Murder in the Cathedral" and "Three Sisters." He also performed with the Manitoba Theatre Centre in "Burn This" and at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre in "Biloxi Blues."
On television, McCormack spent two years as the dashing Colonel Mosby on the series "Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years," and he has appeared as a guest star on "Ally McBeal" and NBC's "Veronica's Closet." McCormack landed the role of Will Truman in the successful eight-year run of "Will & Grace", for which he won his first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in November 2001. McCormack and his wife divide their time between their permanent home in Los Angeles and a second home in Vancouver.moreless -
Eric McCormack
Cal
Born and raised in Toronto, McCormack began acting in high school and continued during his college years at the Ryerson Theatre School. He spent the next seven years working in Canadian theater, including five seasons with the Stratford Festival, where he appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Henry V," "Murder in the Cathedral" and "Three Sisters." He also performed with the Manitoba Theatre Centre in "Burn This" and at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre in "Biloxi Blues."
On television, McCormack spent two years as the dashing Colonel Mosby on the series "Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years," and he has appeared as a guest star on "Ally McBeal" and NBC's "Veronica's Closet." McCormack landed the role of Will Truman in the successful eight-year run of "Will & Grace", for which he won his first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in November 2001. McCormack and his wife divide their time between their permanent home in Los Angeles and a second home in Vancouver.moreless
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